Post * lgbN — Curious Curator

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TIL the juice of unripe pineapples can cause severe vomiting

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KO41w TIL that there is a town in West Virginia, USA named "Hundred" for centenarian Henry "Old Hundred" Church. He was a British soldier under Cornwallis who was captured and stayed in the area until his death in 1860 at 109. He was born c. 1751 and was about 25 when the DOI was signed.

DMvY TIL The Slinky was originally an anti-vibration device for ship instruments until it fell of its inventor’s desk and he saw it had potential as a plaything

ANrX7 TIL that dangerous smugglers commonly partnered with young Italian boys to sell smuggled cigarettes, so they could help support their families postwar.

xbZb TIL Charley Parkhurst - known as one of the best stagecoach drivers on the west coast during the American gold rush was in fact a woman disguised as a man and may have been the first woman to vote in a presidential election in California.

GAJVJ TIL Potatoes are not indigenous to Ireland. They were cultivated by the Incas circa 8000 BC and first brought to Europe by the Spanish in the 16th century.